JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (August 18, 2012) -The 20^th ranked Tars opened up their 2012 season with a 3-2 victory over the Ospreys of North Florida Saturday night in an exhibition at Hodges Stadium. The match was a tale of two halves as the Ospreys scored two goals in the first half and Tars answered with three goals of their own in the second.

The match was a physical contest with the two teams combining for 41 fouls (Rollins - 28, North Florida 13), five yellow cards (Rollins - 3, North Florida 2) and one red card (Rollins).

The Tars had the edge in shots with 17 compared to 10 by the Ospreys. UNF took five corner kicks compared to three by RC.

The Ospreys were first to score. Freshman Drew Spragg chipped the ball over to fellow freshman Alex Morrell who dribbled around the left side, beating goalie, Keneil Baker 1-on-1 in the ninth minute.

Just before intermission, Mauricio Valderruten sent a free kick over to Teddy Mulamba from 20 yards out through the defensive wall. Mulamba put the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal with just seconds remaining in the first half to put UNF in front 2-0.

The second half started with a goal by Rollins' Alex Bisbee to trim the Osprey lead to 2-1. In the 65th minute, Joe Crowley was fouled in the box, leading to a penalty kick that he converted to tie the score at 2-2.

In the 84th minute, Rollins took the lead on a Brett Durrance header. A Tars free kick was headed off of the crossbar that Durrance collected and headed it past a diving keeper for the go-ahead goal.

The Tars will be back in action Friday, Aug. 24 when they welcome Webber International to Winter Park for the final exhibition game. Fans can follow along with all the action live on the Tars sports network at RollinsSports.com.